Combined sash fastener and lift.



No. 656,704. Patented Aug. 28, |900.,

W. D. SNYDER.

COMBINED SASH'FASTE'NER AND LIFT.

(Appkition ledjan. 13, 190(k) (No Model.)

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Urir'rn STATES union.

COMBINED SASH FASTENER AND LEFT..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,704, dated August 28, 1900.,

Application iled 551111517 13, 1900I Serial No. 1,357. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that l, WILLIAM D. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grace= dale, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Sash Fas tener and Lifter, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to a combined sash fastener and lifter adapted especially for car-windows, but capable for use upon windows generally, the object being to provide a simple and inexpensive device of the character named which will serve the double purpose of locking the sash and furnishing a convenient means for raising the same.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter and defined in the appended claim, in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a window frame and sash with my improved fastener and lifter applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is an elevation of the combined fastener and lifter detached from the sash and having its cap-plates removed to show the mechanism.

The reference numeral 1 designates the lower rail of a window-sash to which are secured two casings or housings 2 and 3. The casing 2 is provided with a horizontal recess t toreceive a bolt 5, the outer end of which is adapted to entera socket or recess 6, formed in the side of the window-frame.

From the upper side of the bolt 5 projects a lug 7, which bears against a shoulder 8 of the casing 2, a spiral spring 9 being interposed between the lug 7 and a shoulder 10 of the casing. i

` To the outer end of the bolt 5 is secured one end of a rod 11, which projects through the casing and through a guide-bracket 12 into the casing 3, the end of said rod within the casing 3 being turned upward to form a hook 13, which engages a rounded' lug 14, formed on the lower end ofa finger-piece 15, curved at its upper end and adapted to move in a verA tical recess 16, formed in the casing 3. A lat-= erallyextending recess 17 is formed in the casing 3 to allow the required longitudinal movement of the rod 11.

18 designates a curved thumb-plate secured to the sash back; of the finger-piece 15.

The casings 2 and 3 are closed by suitable plates 19.

The utility and operation of the parts will be readily understood. Normally the spring 9 projects the bolt 5 into the recess 6 of the frame to lock the window. By grasping the curved pieces 15 and 18 between the thumb and iinger the ingeipiece 15 is raised., thus withdrawing the bolt through the intermediacy of the rod 11, after which the sash may be conveniently raised by an upward pressure upon the parts 15 and 18.

It will be apparent that the simplicity of the parts avoids the liability' of breakage or disarrangement and that the bolt will spring back to lock the sash as soon as the latter is lowered.

The combination with a window-sash, of a combined fastener and lifter, comprising a casing secured to the lower rail of the sash and formed with a bolt-recess, and with shoulders 8 and 10; a second casing secured. to the sash formed with a vertical recess 16 and a lateral recess 17; a bolt within the recess of the first-named casing formed with a projecting lug; a spring between said lug and the shoulder 10; a rod secured at one end to said bolt, and having its other end extended into the adjacent casing and bent to hook form; a movable finger-piece supported in the recess 16 and having a curved projection which is engaged by the hooked end of the rod; and a Xed thumb-piece overhanging the ngerpiece.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. SNYDER.

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